Basic Science - Geography (Fundamental of Indian Geography) MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 31 :
Which of the following States does not share the drainage basin of the Krishna?

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Karnataka
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Tamil Nadu
  

Question 32 :
Which of the following is a new bio-fertilizers?

  1. Green Blue Algae
  2. Nitrates
  3. Compost
  4. Farmyard manure
  

Question 33 :
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is in

  1. Mumbai
  2. Kolkata
  3. Bengaluru
  4. Chennai
  

Question 34 :
The water of the Luni river is

  1. Fresh
  2. Fresh in upper reaches and salty in the lower reaches
  3. Salty
  4. Fresh in rainy season and salty in other seasons
  

Question 35 :
The great one horned Indian Rhino is round in

  1. Corbett National Park
  2. Kanha National Park
  3. Kaziranga Game Sanctuary
  4. Periyar Game Sanctuary
  

Question 36 :
Which one of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess iron?

  1. Desert sand
  2. Alluvial
  3. Podzolic
  4. Lateritic
  

Question 37 :
The major thermal power station fed on natural gas is at

  1. Lunej
  2. Trombay
  3. Naharkatiya
  4. Digboi
  

Question 38 :
Which of the following is an ore of iron?

  1. Bauxite
  2. Haematite
  3. Dolomite
  4. Alunite
  

Question 39 :
Which of the following places in India does not have a nuclear power plant?

  1. Narora
  2. Rawatbhata
  3. Silchar
  4. Tarapore
  

Question 40 :
Which of the following states is the Sugar Bowl of India?

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Himachal Pradesh
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Andhra Pradesh
  

Question 41 :
Ganga beyond Farakka when it enters Bangladesh is known as

  1. Padma
  2. Meghna
  3. Hugli
  4. Swarn Ganga
  

Question 42 :
The Indian States which have common borders with Pakistan are

  1. Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Jammu - Kashmir
  2. Gujarat, Jammu - Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan,
  3. Jammu - Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab
  4. Jammu - Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
  

Question 43 :
Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not Corm deltas because of

  1. lack of eroded material
  2. the high gradient
  3. lack of vegetation free area
  4. low velocity
  

Question 44 :
The system or shifting cultivation in the north eastern region of India is called

  1. Jhuming
  2. Bewar
  3. Taungya
  4. Ladang
  

Question 45 :
________ State has the biggest area in India.

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Uttar Pradesh
  

Question 46 :
What is Gomia in Jharkhand famous for?

  1. Coal fields
  2. Manganese mines
  3. Fertilizer plant
  4. Explosives factory
  

Question 47 :
What is the most important geographic use of the Himalayas to India?

  1. Prevention of invasions
  2. Valuable source of timber
  3. They prevent the monsoons from crossing to the north and also serve as a reservoir of water from which our perennial rivers flow
  4. They protect India from the icy cold north winds
  

Question 48 :
The driest part in India is in

  1. Jaisalmer (Western Rajasthan)
  2. Bhatinda (Punjab)
  3. Darbhanga (Bihar)
  4. Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
  

Question 49 :
HBJ pipe line is being laid for a distance of 1730 km in order to

  1. provide cooking gas for villages
  2. provide employment for rural population
  3. provide feedstock for six large fertilisers
  4. serve the power requirements of many states
  

Question 50 :
The Cudappah Ranges lie between

  1. Godavari and Palkonda Range
  2. Godavari and Jamshedpur
  3. Palar and Cauvery
  4. Satpura and Mohadeo-Maikal range
  

Question 51 :
The port commanding the largest hinterland in India is

  1. Mumbai
  2. Kandla
  3. Kolkata
  4. Chennai
  

Question 52 :
The glacier of the Nubra Valley the longest one with a length of over 72 km is called the _______ glacier.

  1. Hispar
  2. Siachen
  3. Biafo
  4. Baltaro
  

Question 53 :
India has an endless growing season because

  1. it experiences the monsoonal type of climate
  2. the distribution of rainfall is uneven
  3. temperatures throughout the year are favourable for growth of plants
  4. its soil is very fertile the greater part being alluvial
  

Question 54 :
Where is Arvi earth station for satellite communication?

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Gujarat
  

Question 55 :
Which one among the following has the largest shipyard In India?

  1. Kolkata
  2. Kochi
  3. Mumbai
  4. Visakhapatnam
  

Question 56 :
India's land border with the neighboring countries is, in length, approximately

  1. 8 thousand km
  2. 15 thousand km
  3. 10 thousand km
  4. 16 thousand km
  

Question 57 :
The Abhors are

  1. an Adivasi tribe in Bastar
  2. a clan of dacoits
  3. a tribe of Mongoloid blood
  4. extinct now
  

Question 58 :
Sagar Samrat' is

  1. an oil drilling platform in Mumbai High
  2. an island in Indian Ocean
  3. a ship used for Antarctica expedition
  4. a space craft
  

Question 59 :
Which of the following is a wrong combination of location and hydroelectric projects undertaken by the NHPC?

  1. Baira Siul-Himachal Pradesh
  2. Salal-Jammu and Kashmir
  3. Loktak-Sikkim
  4. Devi Ghat-Nepal
  

Question 60 :
Where is the MIG engine manufactured in India?

  1. Koraput
  2. Bengaluru
  3. Ozar
  4. Hyderabad
  
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